What We Do

We believe everyone everywhere should have the health care they need to thrive. That’s why we work every day to improve the performance of health workers around the world and strengthen the systems in which they work.

Senegal

For more than a decade, we've collaborated with the government, health workers, and other local stakeholders in Senegal to strengthen the country's health systems and bring high-quality, integrated health services to more communities than ever.

And together, we've made great progress.

Child mortality and malaria-related deaths have dropped, access to family planning has risen, and the country has stabilized a low incidence of HIV. Today we're working hard to make sure these successes are just the beginning.

Key Results

Reduced contraceptive stockouts to less than 2%.

Conducted over 150,000 home visits and 23,000 community dialogue sessions on malaria.

Selected Achievements

Reduced contraceptive stockout rates to as low as 2% in Senegal using our Informed Push Model for supply chain management.

Used our interactive voice response system to provide refresher training to 20 midwives, nurses, nursing assistants, and health agents in Senegal, in languages tailored to their different ethnic and cultural subgroups.

Increased the number of new clients who choose modern methods of contraception by 64% in 100 health facilities in Senegal, after the facilities implemented our performance improvement and mentoring approach, TutoratPlus.

Partnered with imams, journalists, and civil society members (who have since visited 14,000+ households) in Senegal to dispel myths around family planning and make services more widely available.

Implemented low-cost innovations powered by mobile technology to improve health management information systems and contraceptive logistics in Senegal, and help health workers more quickly find the information they need to make decisions.

Made Sayana Press available to the poorest women in Senegal at low or no cost. The contraceptive's novel delivery system eliminates the need to prepare a needle and syringe, which means it can be administered by health workers or by users at home.

Introduced and scaled up an integrated package of high-quality health services in 11 regions in Senegal.

Distributed insecticide-treated bed nets throughout Senegal’s 14 regions and trained communities to prevent and respond to malaria and advocate for better health services.

Developed national guidelines in Senegal that encourage community health workers to diagnose and treat malaria with Artemisinin combination therapy.

Educated Senegalese communities through public campaigns about the dangers of malaria and the importance of seeking care within 24 hours of the onset of malaria-like symptoms, especially for young children, and taking all medication as prescribed.

Trained 5,000+ health workers in Senegal to prevent, diagnose, and treat malaria, particularly in pregnant women and young children.

Encouraged policy changes in Senegal that help more people access family planning services and advocated for long-lasting financial and political support for family planning.

Strengthened family planning services in 30 private companies and service delivery points in Senegal, and helped make long-acting family planning methods—previously offered only in hospitals and health centers—available in health posts.